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“I’d forgotten about dreams. When you’re trying to survive on a day-to-day basis, you don’t have time for dreams. You have to deal with reality. zAmya theater helped me improve and change my life.” - Darrell Coles
In 2004, zAmya founder Lecia Grossman convened a group of artists and housing advocates to devise a container for building relationships between housed and homeless individuals. Theater was chosen as the container for this work because of its unique ability to center personal narratives, shift culture, and build interdependence.
Since then, zAmya has impacted 25,000 people through nearly 500 live performances, workshops, and broadcasts held in locations including shelters, libraries, boardrooms, parks, theaters and the internet. We have grown from an annual performance during National Hunger and Homelessness Week to a year-round organization that has worked with over 200 partners across the state in housing, social services, health, and the arts, initiating human-centric conversations around systemic barriers everywhere we go.
Your contribution will help us continue the story.
We invite your support.
Make a one-time gift or a monthly donation by clicking the button below. You can also mail a check payable to zAmya Theater Project to:
zAmya Theater Project 3501 Chicago Ave Minneapolis, MN 55407
To learn more about our financials, please review our annual reports and public disclosure tax returns.
zAmya Theater Project is a 501c3 non-profit. All donations are tax deductible. Our Tax ID is 83-2374869
Want to speak with someone about making a gift?
There are many ways to support zAmya:
Legacy giving
Gifts of stock
In-kind contributions
Employer matching programs
If you’d like to speak with a member of our staff about any of these, please email Deb Ervin, our Operations Manager, at Deb [at] zamyatheater [dot] org.
Thank You To Our Supporters!
Big thanks to the members of our zAm Fam who are able to make financial gifts.
Foundation and Government Support
zAmya is proud and grateful to receive funding from the following:
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
F.R. Bigelow Foundation
Network of Ensemble Theaters
Laura Jane Musser Fund
City of Minneapolis Partnership Engagement Fund
Sunrise Banks
The National Institutes of Health via the University of Minnesota’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute
zAmya Theater Project is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
This activity is supported, in part, by the City of Saint Paul Cultural Sales Tax Revitalization Program.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
